"Umbrella Handle"

Brand  studio note
Artist  Norihiko Terayama
Made in  Japan
Dimensions  H 8cm x W 26cm x D 15cm
Materiality Found plastic umbrella handle, Insect Pins, String

Norihiko finds plastic objects and driftwood washed up on the beaches of Japan. 

From the artist: Driftwood and plastic objects have a beauty within their purpose, attracting people. I thought it would be possible to show off its charm even better, so I formed a new skin by wrapping the natural organic outside with artificial polygons made up of straight lines, and the contrast between the double skins brought out the beauty of the shape. I made it more understandable. Artificial polygons were born from organic shapes and became new skins, each with a different shape, just like their own skins.

流木やドライフラワーには役目を終えた美しさがあり、人を惹きつける。その魅力をよりよく見せることは出来ないかと考え、自然の有機的な外側を直線で構成した人工的なポリゴンで包むことで新しい外皮を形成し、二重の外皮の対比によって形の美しさがより分かるようにしました。

人工的なポリゴンは有機的な形状から生まれ、そのものの外皮と同じく一つ一つ形状が異なる新い外皮になった。